Self-Care: How to Validate Yourself

What if the most important form of self-care has nothing to do with bubble baths or vacations? In this episode, Dr. Margaret Paul explores one of the most overlooked dimensions of true self-care: learning to validate yourself. While external self-care has its place, she explains that no amount of outside validation from a partner, a parent, a boss, or social media can heal the wound of self-invalidation. That healing only happens from the inside. Dr. Paul walks through why so many people grow up dependent on others to reflect their worth, what self-validation actually means (and what it does not), and how learning to see, hear, and honor your own inner experience transforms not just your relationship with yourself but with everyone around you. She shares practical ways to begin practicing self-validation, including how to name your feelings with compassion, mirror your soul's qualities back to yourself, and stop outsourcing your emotional authority to others. Come explore the deeper meaning of self-care in Self-Care: How to Validate Yourself and begin building the kind of inner safety that no one else can take away. Key Points 00:00 Introduction 01:36 What Self-Validation Really Is and Is Not 03:31 Why We Grow Up Seeking Outside Validation 05:22 How Self-Validation Calms the Nervous System 07:51 Practical Ways to Practice Self-Validation 09:49 Self-Validation Does Not Mean Ending Up Alone 11:09 Closing Reflection Enjoy the podcast? Subscribe and leave a 5-star review on your favorite Platforms. About Dr. Margaret Paul Dr. Margaret Paul, PhD, is a bestselling author, relationship expert, and the co-creator of the Inner Bonding® self-healing process. She is the author and co-author of twelve books, including “Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by You?”, “Healing Your Aloneness,” “Inner Bonding,” and "Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by God? Through her work, Dr. Paul teaches individuals how to take responsibility for their feelings, heal anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges, and develop a deep, loving connection with themselves and their spiritual guidance. She facilitates Inner Bonding Workshops and Intensives, administers the Inner Bonding website, and works to make the Inner Bonding® process available worldwide through the SelfQuest® online self-healing program. Visit her website for a FREE Inner Bonding course at https://innerbondinghub.com/7-lessons/ or email her at [email protected]. Connect with Dr. Margaret Paul: Website: https://innerbonding.com/ Instagram:   / innerbonding1   LinkedIn:   / margaretpaul   Facebook:   / innerbonding   Pinterest:   / 923777849815   #SelfValidation #SelfCare #InnerExperience